Little Blues Nursery School

Little Blues Nursery School Burnham Football Club, Wymers Wood Road, Slough, SL1 8JG

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Inspection date

Previous inspection date 20 September 2016 Not applicable

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This inspection: Good 2

Effectiveness of the leadership and management Good 2

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This inspection: Good 2

Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good 2

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This inspection: Good 2

Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good 2

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This provision is good

 Children make good progress in their learning. Staff know how to help children make steady progress in their development and offer them challenges to further their skills. Children are well prepared to move on to their next stage of learning, such as school.  Staff create a warm atmosphere with a wide range of interesting and stimulating activities on offer. Staff develop close bonds with children and support their personal development very well. Children seek out activities of their own choosing with ease.  Staff encourage children to manage self-care tasks for themselves and teach them how to keep safe. Children understand the importance of healthy eating and good hygiene practices.  Staff understand how to keep children safe from harm and effectively identify and minimise safety risks. They maintain safe, secure play environments and know what action to take if they are concerned for children's welfare.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 There has been a lapse in the monitoring of teaching and some support for staff. Staff have not been given good professional development opportunities to build on their strong teaching practice and improve outcomes for children further.  Managers do not make best possible use of self-evaluation. The recently appointed manager recognises that the systems in place to gain the views of others and precisely identify improvements needed are not fully effective, but has not acted on this yet.

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What the setting needs to do to improve further

To further improve the quality of the early years provision the provider should:

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What the setting needs to do to improve further

 establish a reliable system of professional development to ensure that the monitoring and support of staff takes the quality of teaching and outcomes for children to an even higher level  continue to build on strategies to obtain the views of others and strengthen self- evaluation to identify and tackle areas for improvement more swiftly and precisely.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed staff interactions with children during daily play routines.  The inspector and the manager evaluated spontaneous play activities together.  The inspector spoke with parents and took account of their views.  The inspector spoke with staff and children at appropriate times throughout the inspection.  The inspector held a meeting with the manager and viewed a range of documentation, including staff and children's records.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

The manager effectively monitors children's overall progress. She uses this to help identify some areas of practice to improve upon, and to intervene in children's learning and offer extra support where necessary. Partnerships with parents are good overall. The parents give positive feedback about the support and teaching skills of the staff. For example, they explain how they get regular information about their children's progress and advice about how to help them continue to learn at home. Safeguarding is effective. The manager keeps up to date with local child protection procedures and ensures that staff receive training to maintain their safeguarding knowledge.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

Staff ask parents to share information about their children and how they are developing when they start. They continuously monitor children's play and make accurate assessments of children's learning. Staff readily identify children who need additional help to catch up with the attainment of others and put support in place to help all children learn well. They use what they observe of children's play to plan ahead for future learning. Staff show good teaching skills and carefully extend what children can already do or already know. For example, as children play with water, staff introduce new words and ideas and encourage them to estimate quantity and size.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

Children are confident, independent learners. They show that they are happy and secure with the staff and seek them out for help and guidance when needed. Children explore ideas about the world around them. For example, they talk in some detail about a recent thunderstorm and what it looked and sounded like. Staff encourage children to develop a respectful curiosity about others in their lives. They find out and share details about themselves and their families with one another. Staff encourage children to explore the meaning of cultural festivals and celebrations.

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Outcomes for children are good

Children develop good communication and language skills and begin to develop handwriting and reading skills. For example, they tell the staff what numbers they recognise and draw simple shapes and letters that they recognise as they play. In addition, they explain their ideas and offer suggestions to others when they play. Children develop good coordination skills and balance as they play. For example, they use climbing equipment with ease in the garden and brooms and brushes to make marks on the ground with soapy water. Children develop good mathematical skills, for example they learn to recognise numbers and the quantities that they represent.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY482525 Local authority Buckinghamshire Inspection number 997232 Type of provision Full-time provision Day care type Childcare - Non-Domestic Registers Early Years Register Age range of children 2 - 4 Total number of places 24 Number of children on roll 16 Name of registered person Emma Victoria Gordon

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reference number

Date of previous inspection Not applicable Telephone number 01628 662789

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Little Blues Nursery School registered in 2014. The nursery school is in receipt of funding for the provision of free early education to children aged two, three and four years. It offers childcare from 9am to 3pm each weekday, during school term times. There are four staff, all of whom hold an appropriate childcare qualification at level 3 or level 4.

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This inspection was carried out by Ofsted under sections 49 and 50 of the Childcare Act 2006 on the quality and standards of provision that is registered on the Early Years Register. The registered person must ensure that this provision complies with the statutory framework for children’s learning, development and care, known as the early years foundation stage.

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